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LTTE deal on human rights Two
Palestinians killed in Gaza Plane carrying pilgrims hijacked?
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Pervez
heads nuclear command also New US
rule irks Pak immigrants China to
end ‘jobs for life’ 145-million-yr old dinosaur fossils
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Lanka, LTTE deal on human rights
Nakhon Pathom (Thailand), January 7 The two sides, on the second day of their deliberations here, focused on resettlement of thousands of refugees displaced by the nearly two decades of ethnic conflict in the island nation. Government negotiator G.L. Peiris said under the deal, both sides had agreed to receive the expertise of former London-based Amnesty International chief Ian Martin on improving the rights condition of the people. The two sides emphasised that there was a very definite role for human rights while the negotiating process was moving forward, he said. LTTE leader Anton Balasingham is leading the rebels side at the talks, which will conclude on Thursday. Peiris said the two sides decided to set up a committee on women to look into all issues relating to them and children, including child soldiers. It would have two women from each side. The complete composition of the committee would be announced at the conclusion of the parleys. During more than three hours of intense talks, the two sides discussed an action plan for resettling the people displaced due to the ethnic conflict. Peiris said the issue of resettling of displaced persons was a complicated one. “It is daunting in its proportions ... the sensible thing is to deal with the problems outside the high security zone,” he said. There were concerns that the talks, which opened yesterday, could have derailed by a rebel demand that the military reduce its high security zones near army camps in north of the country to allow civilians to return to their property. The army insists that the rebels disarm before resettlement is allowed by closing military camps. Peiris said the progress made on the refugee issue would disappoint those who had expected the peace talks to break down on the issue.
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Two Palestinians killed in Gaza
Gaza City, January 7 The bodies of the two victims, named as Nassim el Mehela, 25, and Baker Hadura, 25, were found today morning while a third Palestinian was wounded. Earlier 28-year-old Yiad Abu Zayad was shot dead. He was in a car with his brother, who was wounded, when soldiers opened fire during an incursion into the camp, the sources said. The Israeli army spokesman said an operation had been launched in Maghazi camp and that Palestinians had opened fire on the soldiers who had replied, hitting several of them. The Israeli army started two incursions into the Gaza Strip yesterday, the day after a double suicide attack in Tel Aviv killed 22 persons as well as the two bombers, Palestinian security officials said.
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Plane carrying pilgrims hijacked?
Kabul, January 7 DUBAI: A senior United Arab Emirates official denied on Tuesday that there had been a hijack attempt on an Afghan airliner. He said no arrests had been made.
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jets enter Lebanese airspace Beirut, January 7 The warplanes zoomed over the southern regions of Nabatiyeh, Iqlim al-Tuffah mountain range and areas east of the coastal cities of Sidon and Tyre. The patrols follow flights on Monday that also drew Hezbollah fire. The United Nations has on several occasions called on Israel to stop its regular violations of Lebanese airspace because it considers it a breach of the UN-drawn blue line, which was set in May 2000.
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Pervez heads nuclear command also
Islamabad, January 7 The NCA which also includes Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali is authorised to take a “unanimous decision” for using nuclear weapons unlike a civilian structure worked out by India. The decision to use nuclear weapons, however, is not wrested with General Musharraf or any individual but the NCA should take a unanimous decision, local daily ‘Dawn’ said in a report on the country’s secretive nuclear command structure, while reporting on a special presentation on the command structure made by NCA to Mr Jamali yesterday. Mr Jamali along with General Musharraf and Foreign Minister Khurshid Mohammad Kasuri were given a detailed briefing on the country’s nuclear command structure by NCA officials. Barring Mr Jamali and Mr Kasuri the other officials who attended the briefing were the top brass of the country’s military which included the service chiefs. The newspaper said while the NCA was headed by General Musharraf, Mr Jamali was made a member of it. It is still not clear whether the structure was a permanent feature as despite the dominant role being played by General Musharraf in the present power structure, Pakistan continued to be a parliamentary democracy.
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New US rule irks Pak immigrants
Washington January 7 Late last month, the US Government announced that Pakistan would be added to the list of countries whose nationals would be subject to “special registration” requirements. With a few exceptions, male Pakistani immigrants over 16 years of age must go through the procedure between January 13 and February 21. Pakistanis are infuriated by the development, saying their country has aligned itself with the USA in the war on terror and that its citizens should not be treated as potential threats. “The Pakistani community strongly feels that Pakistan does not belong to this list,” said Muhammad Sadiq, deputy chief of mission at the embassy.
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China to end
‘jobs for life’ Beijing, January 7 Some 1.3 million state-owned will introduce the new contracts, the official China Daily quoted Vice-Minister of Personnel Shu Huiguo as saying. The reform would lead to many redundancies, Mr Shu said without estimating the number of persons likely to be affected. Government employees would be recruited and promoted through fair competition.
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